Name: Andrew Schulz on Independently Releasing His Comedy Special
Uploaded: 2022-07-23T17:07:55.000Z
Description: Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Andrew Schulz on Independently Releasing His Comedy Special' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-07-23. Transcript available.

Watch the stand-up comedy video 'Andrew Schulz on Independently Releasing His Comedy Special' from PowerfulJRE on Comedy Buff. Published 2022-07-23. Transcript available.

- The Joe Rogan experience.
- So how does, how did this work?
Without naming names, you don't have,
or if you want to name names, I don't give a fuck.
- Look, here's the thing.
The reason why I haven't named the streamer,
and people have said a bunch of things,
'cause like the guy there is a good guy,
and he fought for it, but people have bosses.
And sometimes you have to do what the boss says.
- Right, so what was the scenario?
- Well, I sold a special, we had it ready to go.
- Film a special? - Even before,
even before COVID we had the deal.
- Did you sell it before you filmed it?
- Yes.
- Okay.
- Yeah.
- So you had a deal.
- Yep, had a deal.
Everything ready to go.
- Did they come to see you live?
- They saw me live, yes.
- Wow.
- Okay.
- So they bought it, they go, we like it, this is great.
- At the show you were at, okay?
We're good, everything's good to go.
Basically, the Chappelle trance thing happens
and they freak out.
- Yeah.
- Culture changed.
They freak the fuck out.
I go, I'm not cutting these,
and they start saying these weird corporate terms like,
you know, we don't want any punching down,
which is really the most bigoted fucking way
of looking at something.
You have to look at yourself higher
and above another person.
And I get it, you see a white guy on stage
making fun of every different culture and person.
Like, I'm fucking making fun of a Somali dude.
I'm making fun of women.
I'm making fun of whoever it is.
- You're making fun of yourself too though, a lot.
- Exactly.
I'm teasing me constantly.
Everybody gets these jokes.
That's the ethos.
You've been at the show, you understand what it is.
And all these people, they're coming for that.
They want to be part of it.
- Yeah, it's fun.
- Because they recognize, I don't fucking hate these people.
I'm actually curious.
I don't like dissecting comedy like that too much
to other people, like with the comics or do it,
but like, I'm curious in your culture
and I want to learn about it.
And like, I understand that like, as an outsider,
maybe I have some cool observations that like,
you know, but you didn't know other people saw.
And then like, you get to see that kind of get exposed
and people really like that.
They like being represented by it.
I make a joke about Albanians.
The fucking Albanian community shares like crazy.
You know, it's just like,
it's a really cool thing to happen.
And we had this great fucking thing at these live shows
where everybody walks in the door
and they just, they turn off the,
I'm offended by everything
or whatever the world is outside.
And it becomes like, I don't know what the,
I don't even know what to compare it to,
but it kind of becomes like,
you remember when you're riding the bus to school?
- Yes.
- And it's like, yo, we're all on the bus, bro.
- Yeah.
- Everybody's getting made fun of
and you're going to get some shit thrown
in the back of your head
and then you're going to clap back
at that motherfucker for having a big nose.
And he's going to clap back at you.
And this girl's got red hair.
We're fucking lighting her up.
And it was just the best 30 minutes
on the way to school.
- Right.
- And it's like, we've made that
and it exists and it happens.
And all this fucking outreach shit is bullshit.
And you saw it in the room.
It's beautiful.
- Well, the people that were there
are the people that seek out
that kind of humor.
- Yes. That is also true.
- That's the thing.
It's like, is it okay to seek out
that kind of humor?
Now, if you don't like that kind of humor,
don't fucking watch it.
- And this is the fucking,
this is the crazy thing about it.
Because I understand somewhat
the network wants to take it down.
And I'm fucking grateful
I was even able to buy it back.
Okay. That's awesome.
I put it out myself, right?
And I put it out on my website
and I'm only putting out for fucking two weeks.
Okay.
There's a two week fucking window
where you can buy it.
It stops, I think August 1st
or July 31st, the last day.
- Yeah, what are you gonna do?
- I don't know.
But whatever the fuck I want.
- Interesting.
- 'Cause I own it.
That's what I'm gonna do.
- Why'd you decide two weeks though?
- Urgency.
I saw these amazing comics put specials up
on like a platform like Netflix
and it just like, it's a fart in the wind.
Like people go, "Oh, I'll get to it eventually."
Oh, it's there forever.
I'll get to it. - There's so much content.
- It's so much and there's no urgency.
I wanted a fucking pay-per-view event.
Like there's a reason I had fucking Bruce
and you connected me so thank you so much for that.
But like Bruce did the intro.
- Yeah, Bruce Buffer's the man.
- Bruce is the fuck, dude.
Let me tell you something about Bruce.
Like, and Michael Irvin has this as well.
Michael Irvin, he had a term for it, man.
I forget the fucking name for it.
But like, he's like, "I'm a hundred percenter."
I go, "What's that mean?"
He goes, "Whatever I'm doing, it's a hundred percent."
Bruce is a hundred percenter.
- Yeah.
- He could've been easy, he could've had fucking note cards
and read off the note cards.
He even said to us, he goes, "Let me give it another shot."
And then fucking tore the roof off the place.
- Refresh this and do it from the top.
- Oh, this shit is crazy.
- Refresh it.
Oh, he put the headphones on.
- Mm.
- Look at him.
- He is the reigning, defending, undisputed heavyweight champion.
- And the champion of the world.
The one, the only, the infamous, Andrew Scheer!
- He's like a tomato.
He's as red as a tomato at the end.
He's the best.
- He doesn't have to do it.
- Oh, of course he does.
- But he's a hundred percenter, bro.
- Oh, he's all in.
I mean, that's, he's the best announcer of all time.
- Ever.
- Ever, ever.
- And it's like, he came through, he fucking did it.
And then, and honestly, kind of cool story.
The song that plays afterwards is by a musician named Russ,
who is like the ultimate fucking indie dude.
And he's the reason I post this shit on YouTube.
He said in an interview that he wasn't getting any traction,
so he said, "Fuckin', I'm gonna put out a song a week.
Every week I'm gonna put out a song.
And I'm just gonna get better at this
and keep on putting it out."
And I was like, "Fuck, I'm not working hard enough.
If this guy can put out a song a week,
I'm gonna put out a clip a week."
And then I put out a clip a week on fuckin' Instagram
and YouTube for a year, and that changed everything.
So I hit him up and I told him the fuckin' story,
and I was like, "Dude, it would be an honor
if we could have you do a song."
And he gave us a fuckin' unreleased song.
- That's amazing. - To put on the thing, so it was--
- That's dope.
That's dope, too, that he was the inspiration,
and then he brought it all around, and then he's on your show.
- I don't know, but yeah, the fuckin',
the thing with the jokes is like,
I'm not editing fuckin' jokes, Joe.
I don't mind, like, you write a movie for me,
tell me what the fuck to say, if I agree to do it,
I'll fuckin' do it.
But I made this, and I'm so grateful for you
for even shining a light on what I was doin',
and creating this opportunity for me,
like, coming on this show for the first time,
like, not only changed my career,
but I think it changed a lot of comics' career,
'cause they also started doin' the YouTube stuff
and Instagram stuff, and it really, like,
transformed how comedy is done now for a new generation.
Like, literally, it's like, idea and then platform
and cosign can shift the fuckin' industry, dude.